David Leon's cognitive surplus

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The prohibition of gin is related to the of alcohol in america in the 20's and could also relate to the speak easies

too much free time in the city was the problem not alcohol

In america tv is the gin of London, tv was our favorite past time

America watches roughly 20 hours a week

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why was drinking an urban phenemenom?

when did the tv watching surplus die down?

what is lolcats?

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if there are more jobs available people will drink less, becasue they dont have the time

Its interesting how behavior heavily influences americans to watch more tv, for instance if they are mad then they will blow off steam by watching tv

How women started to drink in this time period, became unlady like

society accepted the fact that the citizens drank so they let them sleep in the streets